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🇩🇪 German · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

To the Bornholmer Strasse

Follow Frau Weber and her husband on foot to the Bornholmer Strasse that night and hear what they saw, with the story past in the plural, gingen, sahen, standen.

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THE STORY

Frau Weber's kitchen in the early evening, the lamp now on and Oma holding her cup with both hands.

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Und dann gingen Sie los?oont dahn GING-en zee lohsAnd then you set off? Politely.
Ja. Zur Bornholmer Straße.yah, tsoor BORN-hol-mer SHTRAH-sehYes. To the Bornholmer Strasse.
Wir gingen zu Fuß.veer GING-en tsoo foosWe went on foot.
Zu Fuß? Wie weit war das?tsoo foos, vee vite vahr dahsOn foot? How far was that?
Zehn Minuten. Und dann sahen wir es.tsayn mi-NOO-ten, oont dahn ZAH-en veer esTen minutes. And then we saw it.
Hatten Sie Angst?HAHT-en zee ahngstWere you afraid? Politely.
Was sahen Sie, Frau Weber?vahs ZAH-en zee, frow VAY-berWhat did you see, Frau Weber? Politely.
Tausende standen dort. Ganz still.TOW-zen-deh SHTAHN-den dort, gahnts shtilThousands stood there. Quite still.
Tausende! Und die Grenze? Noch zu?TOW-zen-deh, oont dee GREN-tseh, nokh tsooThousands! And the border? Still closed?
Noch zu. Niemand wusste etwas.nokh tsoo, NEE-mahnt VOOS-teh ET-vahsStill closed. Nobody knew anything.